What do you do with a handicap Golf youtube has exploded in popularity since the beginning of the pandemic, and occasionally i see friendly or heated arguments online about which of the people churning out golf content is actually the best/who would win/what their handicaps are Once you have a an handicap index you can use that to determine your course handicap at whatever set of tees you are playing at whatever course you are playing at
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This is really only relevant if you are playing against someone
For example, you are a 10 index playing against an 18 index.
A handicap is an easy way to have golfers compete against each other when they are different skill levels A 16 handicap golfer will get 16 shots off their score each round with those shots coming on certain holes which are the harder holes on the course. If your handicap gets 3 strokes higher than your 12 month low it will make an adjustment lower The highest your handicap can be is 5 strokes over your 12 month low
There is also an exceptional score adjustment where if you differential for a round is 7 strokes lower than your index it will lower the differentials on the last 20 scores by 1. 20 is pretty high when you consider that a handicap is taken from the best 8 rounds of your last 20 When a golfer, especially a better golfer or someone who understands how the handicap system works, sees a 20 handicap their mind goes straight to “this guy regularly doesn’t break 100” rather than “this guy regularly challenges 90.” 28 handicap but that truly only reflects the good rounds and most of the time i'm shooting ~110
Fyi, that pretty much how a handicap is supposed to work
You should shoot your handicap about 20% of the time It's more an indication of what you're capable vs what you normally shoot If you're a high handicap just buy a chunky game improvement iron set at a good price that'll be easy to hit that you can learn with
